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Hi all, I hope this is OK for me to post and is the correct place to post this question.
I have a HOTAS PC joystick game controller (Hand On Throttle And Stick) which uses a Cypress CY8C24894. Unfortunately, the throttle stopped being recognised by windows via USB. Apparently this is very common and sourcing a repolacement PCB direct from Thrustmaster is the fix. I've contacted Thrustmaster and hopefully I'll get a replacement PCB soon.
However, being somewhat of a electronics hobbiest, I started to wonder how easy it would be to source a new chip. I've soldered many small SMD packages before. So I ordered a couple of CY8C24894 chips and I've since replaced the defective chip with a new one.
Now, obviously this chip is brand new and has nothing on it. Obviously the proprietary Thrustmaster firmware updater app doesn't recognise it. I'm assuming I need to get a bootloader onto the chip via the I2C interface? But, even then, will the Thrustmaster updater app recognise it?
Anyway, no great shakes if I can't do anything. Hopefully a replacement PCB will arrive from TM soon. I was just curious, I like a challenge and I'm always up for learning something new.
If anyone can provide any information on how to get the TM firmware onto the new cyrpess chip, I would be very grateful to you.
Many thanks in advance.
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The CY8C24894 needs to have the proprietary bootloader firmware from Thrustmaster. Then the firmware updater app will recognize and perform the necessary updates.
Best regards,
Sampath Selvaraj
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The CY8C24894 needs to have the proprietary bootloader firmware from Thrustmaster. Then the firmware updater app will recognize and perform the necessary updates.
Best regards,
Sampath Selvaraj
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Many thanks SampathS_11
As I thought, I'm pretty stuffed
I may attempt to build my own custom firmware!
Thanks again.